The British government's strategy of driving the market principle into every area of policy is evaluated with relation to training. The current solution to the 'British Training Problem' involves a rejection of the corporatist and interventionist approach of the past and its replacement with one based on the market principle. The 'market-centered training policy' has enabled the government to place greater responsibility for the day to day administration and management of training initiatives on employers.
However the market reforms that have been implemented in British training are producing winners and losers. And the low level of skills in Britain is derived from weakness in 'market-centered training system'.